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Honda announced the end of any further developments in their
humanoid robot, ASIMO. However, this does not mark the end of the company’s
research and development into robotics. Instead, future projects will focus on humanoid
robots with more practical purposes, such as the use of robotics in elder care
and disaster relief.
The Fukushima disaster may have motivated the shift in the
company’s direction as ASIMO and similar robots were unable to provide any support
during the crisis despite their complex designs. For multiple years, Honda has
been placing more and more emphasis into disaster relief concepts. Although at
first these designs were comparable to ASIMO, the most recent prototype no
longer carries the ASIMO name or aesthetic.
Read more about this decision at: https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/honda-halts-asimo-development-in-favor-of-more-useful-humanoid-robots
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